A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Parkhurst, Percy
PARKHURST. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Percy Parkhurst died in Nov. 1846 on board the Rose, and was buried at sea.
This officer entered the Navy 6 Nov. 1829; passed his examination in 1836; and, participating in the operations on the coast of China, was in particular mentioned for his gallantry and zeal at the forcing of the inner passage from Macao to Whampoa; during their advance on which place the boats of the Samarang 28, in conjunction with the Nemesis steamer, destroyed, between 3 a.m. on 13 and 4 p.m. on 15 March, 1841, five forts, one battery, two military stations, and nine war-junks, in which collectively were 115 guns and 8 ginjalls.[1] For the above and other services, including the capture of Canton, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 8 June, 1841. His succeeding appointments were – 17 Sept. 1841, to the Styx steam-vessel, Capt. Alex. Thos. Emeric Vidal, fitting for service at the Azores – 20 Dec. 1842, to the Cambridge 78, Capt. Edw. Barnard, lying at Plymouth – and, 16 May, 1843, to the Rose 18, Capts. Henry Rich. Sturt and Rich. Wilson Pelly, on the North America and West India station, where he died. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1841, p, 1509.